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I'm fairly confident we haven't jumped the shark as a country so horrifically that someone who steals food can then turn around and sue for having gotten a horrible case of the bloody trots from said thugonomically funded food stuffs.
If you poison the food in a situation where a reasonable person would foresee theft and subsequent injury, then you are liable for at least the tort of negligence if the thief is in fact injured.
Simply adding a note saying "don't steal" doesn't disclose the danger.
Do you have a duty of care to other people with access to your food? (That is the remaining element of negligence.) Yes. (See premisesliability.uslegal.com...). You have a duty to not willfully or wontonly trap or otherwise prepare harm for would-be tresspassers, and I believe that extends to lunchroom thieves.
originally posted by: NarcolepticBuddha
a reply to: Shamrock6
Never been to a Chipotle. I know it's a fast takeout. They hand over food without taking payment first?
Yeah fire the white racist.
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: burdman30ott6
Well, if a burglar, in California, can sue a school district because he fell through a skylight during his commission of a crime...anything is possible.
originally posted by: Wardaddy454
Sounds like this Manager is better off not going back, and seeking a career in Loss Prevention.
originally posted by: ketsuko
There is a spot at the end of the assembly line where your food is in the bag and it's possible you could just grab it and go before you pay if you are brazen enough.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: ketsuko
There is a spot at the end of the assembly line where your food is in the bag and it's possible you could just grab it and go before you pay if you are brazen enough.
What if....
You ordered and paid at the beginning as your stuff was being made and then everyone could just pick it up at the end... Just a 200 IQ thought...